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Also, guys, about her diary, isn't she doing that because she doesn't want to forget Takeru-chan? Give her some slack, I bet she didn't want that either.

I honestly believe the reason why Sumika isn't as easily likeable is because compared to the other girls, she never really had a chance to prove she is awesome.

Spoiler for Sumika:

While the others have tons of development in both Extra and Unlimited, Sumika just kinda stays the same from her Extra incarnation and is plopped in near the end of Alternative. You can't even choose her, she's just kind of imposed on you and she knows it too to her mental detriment (which is why she made the Final Extra world as it is). I think more people would like her more if she was in the team while they were still cadets, imagine how useful she would be for the combat evaluation and the 12/5 incident. That body was designed like the cy-breeds from Resurrection to fight powered armor and BETA head on.

Personally I think Sumika was made to be the central pivotal of the entire alterverse from the beginning, no matter in Unlimited or Alternative or any of the side stories,

Spoiler for Desu~ Ex Sumika:

since she is the single most important resource for the plan. Essentially she was created to be the Desu Ex Sumika for the series, the point on which the path of the world branches. That was her purpose in the trilogy as written by Kouki, and it was as well played as Luke finding out he was smooching his Twin sister.

I like the way they bought Sumika's character and existence into play as a contrast with how the MC interacts with the others. Instead of people that have a relatively sheltered life in that world (In extra you dont even have to see BETA...) You have a character who has really seen and bathed in shit, and still somehow survives... holding on to the one thing precious to her so hard it causes a quantum breakthrough of time and space.

This is the one character who holds her feelings hard enough to make Alternative possible. Can one really say that other characters as they are (as classmates/ friends only) going through the same events can have the same effect? Can their relationship with the MC at base (at the start of the VN) be as strong as what Sumika holds? Are they as sure of their feelings that without the interaction of the VN events they would hold him foremost in their minds? That is what Sumika has done, since she was out of the picture from the start, while the others got to know him from the time of the transition only. Even in the end of Unlimited, Sumika is still in his thoughts as he says goodbye to the girl he ends up with. That is how critical to the MC she is.

This is what I feel about Sumika, and yes, she was scripted to overshadow the others in terms of importance. Alternative has always meant to bring closure to the series, and to do that someone must be chosen. She was picked from the start by the writers, and thus suffered the most in story as well.

This is my own feelings. Even the million euro man recognizes her as the single most courageous person without knowing her name.

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When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt. Run in little circles, wave your arms and shout.

well sumika is a typical childhood friend archetype , her comedic interaction are mainly for silly punchline line for Takeru , and Sumika is quite friendly and sociable to Meiya and the rest ( Well extra verse and Final extra well she's quite attach to Kasumi ... as expected )

I got a really nagging feeling about the XM-3 future if this was gun*am verse i think it can be modified like ALICE system [Advanced Logistic and Inconsequence Cognizing Equipment] http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/ALICE or NT-D like system later on

Where is "somewhere"? All I know is Amaterasu dropped it from their project list.

Also, Sumika only looks like a childish girl who madly falls in love with a guy. In this case, I think she's quite normal since some girls in real also act like her.

Somewhere up in Mediafire.
I remember posting it up here some time last year, because a guy on /a/ did a part of the translations.
It seems that the link is dead for now, though. I'll just ask him to reupload or something.

Translation up to Air Soft arc. Instructions inside. Thank the kind souls of /a/ for translating and making plugin. Kinda awesome that the guy who made the plugin also tamed the rUGP 6.0 so maybe someday we'll see TDA translated.

Well I finished Altered Fable, did both Meiya and Yuuhi routes. Pity is that they are somewhat similar. Neverless AF is good for relaxing after the shit that went down in Alternative.

Which is the main reason I want to try it, problem is that I am not associated with the ways of going about procuring a VN either and on top of that, would never be able to find a translation on my own.

Being new to VNs when they have pleased me thus far is quite saddening.

Which is the main reason I want to try it, problem is that I am not associated with the ways of going about procuring a VN either and on top of that, would never be able to find a translation on my own.

Being new to VNs when they have pleased me thus far is quite saddening.

It should be fine as long as you understand oral japanese. If you don't understand oral japanese, then yes it's quite hard to understand the story.